21. The plan would also cut projected Medicare spending by encouraging beneficiaries to leave traditional fee-for-service Medicare and join lower-cost health maintenance organizations. 22. The plan cuts taxes on the initial amounts of interest, dividends and capital gains that people earn. 23. The plan would cut taxes over the next several years, help finance the ailing Social Security system and increase spending for education and defense. 24. The plans cut costs by closely monitoring medical needs, trimming hospital stays and steering members toward a limited group of doctors and hospitals. 25. The plan significantly cut the size of the federal deficit, by reducing spending and raising taxes. 26. The White House countered that the plan would cut into the marrow of needed programs. 27. While the new pricing plan could cut revenue generated by subscribers, America Online hopes to make up the difference with services such as advertising sales. 28. But homeowners said the plan was cutting the value of their investments even further. 29. Clinton and Democrats say the GOP plan cuts taxes too deeply and lacks sufficient domestic spending. 30. Nintendo, which makes the Mario and Pokemon games, also denied any plans to cut prices. |